Hape Junior Inventor vs Fdata
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hape Junior Inventor
This app guides children aged four and up in building various STEAM-focused toys. It provides detailed instructions and a sample display to help young inventors create diggers, mechanical arms, and more, fostering logical thinking and creativity.
- Builds STEAM toys
- Detailed instructions
- Sample experiment display
- Develops logical thinking
- Encourages creativity
- In-app sharing gallery
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To be a scientist is the ambition many children embrace while they are young. With sophisticated research and design, our Junior Inventor series of toys are capable of giving children as young as four the chance to interact with physical world. With well-crafted components, your little inventor will create a digger, a mechanical arm, a gravity vehicle, a crane, a rotating light, and much more. All tools and parts are designed for children's hands and skill levels and it’s great for developing children’s logical thinking and an understanding of Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Mathematics (STEAM) principles. The completed experiments offer children great fun to operate and interact with friends – wave “hands” to say “hello”, drag a frog crossing between tables, or watch a moving picture through the zoetrope. How about inventing a never-tried gadget using your imagination? To help you start, Hape releases this "Know-how" APP with a finished sample display and detailed instructions teaching you how to build the experiments. Once your junior inventor become “senior”, they can always get full use of the components and tools to create wonders like a real inventor. Use the in-App sharing functions to upload your masterpieces in the GALLERY or post on social media. For safety reasons this product is not recommended for children under the age of three as it contains small components.
Fdata
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CREATE WORK ZONE: Create a work zone for your mower, understand the size of your lawn, and generate a suitable map for more accurate mowing. Intelligently Draw Work zone, No-go zone: Using the remote control feature, you can intelligently draw Work zone, No-go Zone, and Passage on your lawn, enabling smart, fast, and efficient trimming. Scheduled Mowing: Set the mower work schedule,mowing your lawn regularly Real-time Monitoring: Keep track of the lawnmower's location and status at any time, understand the progress, and easily start or stop the mowing task. Personalized Settings: Adjust cutting height, low-power mode, and other personalized settings according to your preferences. No more worries about the heavy lawn maintenance! Enjoy the convenience and comfort brought by the smart Lawnmower.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Fdata at every 5 weeks against Hape Junior Inventor's every 4 months. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Hape Junior Inventor ships an update every 4 months, Fdata every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hape Junior Inventor | Fdata |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 23 MB | 84 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Hape | Fdata Co., Ltd |
In-app purchases
Hape Junior Inventor
No in-app purchases
Fdata
No in-app purchases









